9,43) An anonymous gynaecological self-help publication lists DC seeds as an emmenagogue, an implantation inhibitor or abortifacient, and states that this activity may be attributed to oestrogenic activity and/or inhibition of progesterone synthesis.

Also it is desirable to determine the toxicity of this drug which is commonly prescribed and administered by the African traditional medical practitioners in the management of malaria, also used as emmenagogue, emetic, hypotensive, and anti-pyretic agent (Hutchinson and Dalziel, 1955).

Research in rural northeast Thailand (15,16) suggests that the most common technique used by rural women is the consumption of herbal emmenagogues known generically as ya satri (women's medicine) or ya khap icuat (medicine to bring the blood down).

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